Strain Driven Self Assembly: Modeling thermodynamics and kinetics at the nanoscale - Couverture souple

Medhekar, Nikhil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3639324943 ISBN 13 : 9783639324945

Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2011

Synopsis

An appealing approach to manufacturing future generation nanoscale devices envisioned for electronic, magnetic and photonic applications is to exploit the natural tendency of small material clusters to self-organize into well-defined patterns. While strain- driven self-assembly is widely viewed as a promising technique for patterning at the nanoscale, to follow this approach and create structures in a desired manner, a reliable means to engineer the characteristic size and shapes that the clusters adopt during self- assembly is essential. Motivated by a significant potential technological impact, a systematic elucidation of how long-range elastic interactions couple with surface and bulk thermodynamics and kinetics to control shape, size and compositional patterns assumes a paramount importance. The work presented here describes a detailed analysis of evolution of morphological and compositional patterns in various strain-driven self-assembled systems. The examples include alloy quantum dots and 2D patterns such as surface stress domains and epitaxial nanowires.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nikhil Medhekar graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2002 with MTech in Mechanical Engineering. He then moved to Brown University, USA to pursue further education and received his ScM in 2006 and PhD in 2009. He is currently working as a faculty in the Department of Materials Engineering at Monash University, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3639324943
• ISBN 13: 9783639324945
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
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